In order to let the actors feel at ease and not be disturbed in their training, the crew rented a small studio at Warner Studios, which was transformed into a temporary training venue after simple adjustments, not only setting up weapon racks and arrow targets, but also laying hard sponge mats on the ground to ensure that the actors would not be injured.

Matthew changed into his training clothes, came out of the locker room, and saw the assistant that the crew had equipped for himself.

It was a Chinese girl with short and medium black hair, and when she saw him, she took the initiative to come over and say hello, "Hey, Matthew, we meet again." ”

Seeing a familiar person as an assistant, Matthew was in a good mood and immediately responded, "It's a pleasure to see you, Mira." ”

He walked over and asked, "Have you decided to come to Hollywood?"

Mira Wang took Matthew's work bag, carried it and followed him, and said, "I only came to Los Angeles this month, and I came over when I saw the job advertisement for the crew in the newspaper, I was in the crew of "The Mummy Returns" before, and they happily accepted me. ”

The rest of the cast and action director Tim Madsen hadn't arrived yet, and Matthew and the two temporarily went to the lounge on the edge of the arena and found a random seat to sit down and wait, while Mira began to expertly sort out her work bag.

"The old way?" Mira asked.

Matthew nodded slightly, "Just whatever." ”

He doesn't have too high a demand in this regard.

Mira took out the towel for wiping sweat, put it on the shelf next to her, took out the water cup again, looked at how much water was in it, and asked, "The crew has prepared a functional drink, specially equipped." ”

Seeing that Matthew didn't object, she went to the eating area and brought electrolyte drinks and energy-boosting food.

At this time, the other actors entered the training hall one after another, and Matthew quickly looked at them, and the first thing he saw was the heroine.

The heroine has black hair, is estimated to be in her thirties, and looks like she is Asian or mixed-race.

The other three actors are more familiar and may have met at the angel agency, and they should be the three actors recommended by Helen Herman to the crew.

One of the three actors is more obscene, one is tall and fat, and the other is very strong in his thirties.

Although the skin color of these three people is not white, Matthew can see that they are all white actors.

Fortunately, black people have not been spoiled by Hollywood in this era, if it is placed in the years when he pays attention to Hollywood entertainment gossip, in such a medium-sized crew, none of the main actors are black, maybe he will be angry with the black uncles in the circle.

Behind them, there are some actors, who are basically small actors with action scenes in the crew.

Soon, action director Tim Madsen also arrived, and he gave a few words to the action direction team, and the actors quickly divided into different groups.

Male lead actors like Matthew, of course, are directed by Tim Madsen himself, and several other main actors are also trained by special personnel.

"I watched all the footage you shot on the set of 'The Mummy Returns'. ”

The two of them occupy a full third of the gym, and Tim Madsen stands in the middle and says to Matthew, "I've created a move routine for you that is both agile and powerful. ”

Matthew knows that the action routines of filming movies are completely different from actual combat, and he doesn't think he's great just because he has practiced boxing and free fighting, maybe the skinny Tim Madson can't beat him in two in empty-handed combat, but in the action design of the film, he is definitely a professional.

"In the action scenes of the script, you often have to deal with a situation where you have a lot of picks. Tim Madsen explained in detail, "Mozius is a powerful killer and warrior, but he is not out of the realm of human beings, and when the opponent is outnumbered, it is impossible to face the enemy head-on, and fighting and fleeing are necessary. ”

"Hmm. Matthew nodded, "Tim, it's not intuitive enough. Why don't you do this, can you do a rough walkthrough?"

Tim Madsen certainly wouldn't say no, "Yes. ”

Then, he took out props such as knives, spears, bows and arrows, and demonstrated some of the elaborate action routines.

"Is that okay?" Tim Madsen asked, shooting an arrow at the end, "what do you think?"

Matthew cocked a thumbs, "It's wonderful." ”

The action in the movie must first be enjoyable, although this film adopts realistic fights and refuses to dance, but it will not be like Hollywood movies in the seventies and eighties, many action scenes are unsightly.

Subsequently, under the guidance of Tim Madson, Matthew began some of the most basic exercises, such as the posture of holding a knife, how to open a bow, etc., which had to be done in a good way, otherwise it would be a joke on camera.

Compared with him, the absolute protagonist, the training of other actors is much easier.

After all, this is a film, not a movie for the actors to participate in the Bosera competition.

Matthew took the prop knife and came to a large mirror, continuously practicing the action of drawing the knife, not far away, the black-haired actress who played the heroine was standing in front of the mirror, stretching her muscles, he glanced at it, this actress did a few high kicks very easily, guessing that she had either trained before or was a dancer.

The actress also noticed Matthew and, while he was resting, came over.

"Hi ......," she said in greeting.

Matthew also responded politely, "Hello. He thought for a moment and introduced himself, "Matthew Horner. ”

"Kelly Hu. The actress also introduced herself.

Looking at her without a trace, Matthew pointed to where she had just been and asked, "Have you practiced dancing?"

Despite wearing a loose training suit, he could tell that the actress was very well shaped and gave people an indescribable feeling.

"Nope. Kelly Hu shook her head and then said, "I'm a black belt in karate." ”

Matthew was slightly stunned, this woman didn't look like it at all, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's very surprising." ”

Kelly Hu looked at Matthew and said, "I heard from the crew that you practiced boxing and kickboxing. ”

"I'm just a hobby. Matthew said that this woman would not have a problem with her head, and wanted to come over to compare with herself, "I practice and play when I have nothing to do." ”

As it turned out he was overthinking, Kelly Hu added, "This helps with the filming of the action scenes?"

Matthew nodded slightly, "yes." He looked at Kelly Hu's face that leaned towards an oriental woman and asked, "Are you Chinese?"

Kelly Hu generously admitted, "I am a quarter of Chinese ancestry, and my great-grandfather was Chinese. ”

Matthew pointed to her hair tied in a ponytail, "No wonder you have beautiful long black hair." ”

He was just about to rest, so he simply stood here and chatted with Kelly Hu, who is the heroine, and has a lot of rivalry with him in the future filming, and being familiar with it now will also be conducive to future filming.

After chatting for a while, Matthew also learned some basic information about Kelly Hu, such as that although she is Chinese, she does not speak Chinese, and because she has practiced karate and Japanese swordsmanship, she has a better impression of Japan.

After about ten minutes, the two returned to their respective areas and continued their respective exercises.

After Matthew practiced drawing and playing with knives for a while, Tim Madsen was worried that the actor was bored and asked him to temporarily change his practice bow and arrow as a spice.

The temporary training hall is a huge studio, with four walls divided into areas, with temporary resting areas for the actors on one side near the dressing rooms and dressing rooms, gates on the left and right sides, and a solid wall on the opposite side with arrow targets erected on the side of the wall for the actors to practice.

Picking up a recurve bow, Matthew followed Tim Madson's instructions by hitching on a prop arrow, clasping it between his fingers and pulling the bowstring.

The wooden bow looked stiff, but it was soft when pulled up, and Matthew easily pulled it into a full moon, aimed at the arrow target not far away, and released the bowstring.

The arrow flew out with a whizz, grazed the target, and slammed into the wall.

Then he drew a second arrow and bent his bow again, this time with a better head, and the arrow hit the target.

Unfortunately, the arrows are blunt and can't be shot into the target at all.

After a morning of training, Matthew returned to the rest place, Mira handed over the towel as soon as possible, he took it and wiped his sweat, took the cup sent by Mila and drank a sip of water, and said, "Let's go, let's go to lunch together." ”

Seeing that Mira didn't move, he said, "I'm in for a treat." ”

This is the end of today's training session, and Ma Xian was about to go to the locker room to change clothes first, when three male actors who belonged to the same angel agency as him walked over.

"Hi Matthew. The one who looked a little obscene said, "We meet again." ”

Matthew couldn't remember where he had seen him, and said with a smile, "yes." ”

Mira stood very close behind him, reminding in a low voice, "Duff Villa." ”

Matthew remained silent and took the initiative to reach out his hand, "Duff, it feels great that we can work together." ”

Duff Villa quickly shook his hand, "I think so too." He then introduced Matthew to the other two actors, pointing to the tall one and saying, "This is Clark Bernard." Then he pointed to the very strong one and said, "This is Steven Brand." ”

In the future, I will work in the same crew, and I won't see you when I look up, and Matthew also shook hands with the two of them quite politely and said hello.

However, the two are clearly not as sociable as Duff Villa, the big tall Clark Bernard is fine, and the burly Steven Brand has been keeping a tight face and seems to have a bit of an opinion on him.

But Matthew didn't really care, these three people were not on the same level as him at all.

A few people exchanged a few words, Matthew and Mira took the lead in saying goodbye and leaving, and the other three looked at the backs of the two and did not leave for a long time.

"Don't think about it. Duff Villa reminded, "Let's go." ”